| You've got to fundamentally put in some effort to | | | | you from gaining further inches on you vertical jump. |
| witness the result. What muscles are engaged in | | | | How does one train your lower shoulders and |
| jumping? Well lets commence with the easy quads | | | | backbone for jumping? This one will need a weighted |
| and calves, but are there any others? Yes, you use | | | | medicine ball and some extremely high ceilings, or you |
| your back, stomach, shoulders ( arm swing ), | | | | might just do it outside. You take the medicine ball and |
| hamstrings and other tiny stabilizers to leap. So now | | | | squat while holding out in front of you until you touch |
| you can see that only training quads and calves you | | | | the ground with the ball. You want your feet to be |
| are missing out on lots of other muscles that would | | | | about shoulder width apart so that the ball can touch |
| help you a lot. Maybe your quads are far more strong | | | | the ground between the feet. |
| but your lumbar region is weak and that is's averting | | | | |